Overview
Background
Associate Professor Ingrid Winkler is a Senior Research Fellow and head of the Stem Cells and Cancer group at Mater Research Institute - the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
A/Prof Winkler’s research focuse is understanding how micro-environments in the body protect and control normal and/or malignant stem Cells. Her innovative stem cell niche research has been recognised as among ten of the best research projects in Australia (by National Health and Medical Research Council) with patents and clinical translation.
A/Prof Winker's current research explores how stem cell niches change with ageing, inflammation, cancer therapy or radiation damage, with view to identify key detrimental niche components involved. This knowledge may be used to develop novel treatment strategies to improve cancer therapy outcomes, alleviate adverse cancer therapy side-effects that currently affect up tp 80% of Australian cancer therapy patientts plus facilitate healthier old age.
Availability
- Dr Ingrid Winkler is:
- Available for supervision
Research impacts
A/Prof's research on how normal and malignant cells alter their local environment (niches) was at the forefront of this new field. The identification of mechanisms by which normal and malignant cells change their niche, enabled these components to be therapeutically targeted leading to high impact manuscripts, industry partnerships and clinical translation with large Phase 2/3 clinical trials ongoing.
Works
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2016
Conference Publication
Radio-resistant recipient bone marrow (BM) macrophages (Macs) are necessary for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) engraftment post transplantation
Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Kaur, Simranpreet, Jacobsen, Rebecca, Millard, Susan, Batoon, Lena, Winkler, Ingrid, Macdonald, Kelli, Perkins, Andrew, Hume, David, Raggatt, Liza and Pettit, Allison (2016). Radio-resistant recipient bone marrow (BM) macrophages (Macs) are necessary for hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) engraftment post transplantation. 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ISEH – International Society for Experimental Hematology, San Diego, CA, United States, 25-28 August, 2016. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2016.06.049
2016
Conference Publication
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization and Erythropoiesis Suppression in Response to Lipopolysaccharides Involve Two Distinct Tlr4-Depedent Mechanisms with Different Requirement for G-Csf Receptors
Bisht, Kavita, Jacobsen, Rebecca, Brunck, Marion, Keech, Thomas, McGirr, Crystal, Nowlan, Bianca, Barbier, Valerie, Winkler, Ingrid and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2016). Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization and Erythropoiesis Suppression in Response to Lipopolysaccharides Involve Two Distinct Tlr4-Depedent Mechanisms with Different Requirement for G-Csf Receptors. 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International-Society-for-Experimental-Hematology (ISEH), San Diego, CA, United States, 25-28 August 2016. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2016.06.096
2016
Conference Publication
Vascular E-Selectin Protects Leukemia Cells from Chemotherapy By Directly Activating Pro-Survival NF-Kb Signalling - Therapeutic Blockade of E-Selectin Dampens NF-Kb Activation
Winkler, Ingrid G., Barbier, Valerie, Ward, Micheal, Tallack, Michael, Lowe, Jessica, Davies, Julie, Erbani, Johanna, Magnani, John L. and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2016). Vascular E-Selectin Protects Leukemia Cells from Chemotherapy By Directly Activating Pro-Survival NF-Kb Signalling - Therapeutic Blockade of E-Selectin Dampens NF-Kb Activation. 58th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), San Diego, CA, United States, 3-6 December 2016. Washington, DC, United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.2823.2823
2015
Journal Article
Tissue engineered humanized bone supports human hematopoiesis in vivo
Holzapfel, Boris M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Nowlan, Bianca, Barbier, Valerie, Thibaudeau, Laure, Theodoropoulos, Christina, Hooper, John D., Loessner, Daniela, Clements, Judith A., Russell, Pamela J., Pettit, Allison R., Winkler, Ingrid G. and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2015). Tissue engineered humanized bone supports human hematopoiesis in vivo. Biomaterials, 61, 103-114. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.04.057
2015
Journal Article
Neurological heterotopic ossification following spinal cord injury is triggered by macrophage-mediated inflammation in muscle
Genet, Francois, Kulina, Irina, Vaquette, Cedryck, Torossian, Frederic, Millard, Susan, Pettit, Allison R., Sims, Natalie A., Anginot, Adrienne, Guerton, Bernadette, Winkler, Ingrid G., Barbier, Valerie, Lataillade, Jean-Jacques, Le Bousse-Kerdiles, Marie-Caroline, Hutmacher, Dietmar W. and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2015). Neurological heterotopic ossification following spinal cord injury is triggered by macrophage-mediated inflammation in muscle. Journal of Pathology, 236 (2), 229-240. doi: 10.1002/path.4519
2015
Journal Article
Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-2α accelerates disease progression in mouse models of leukemia and lymphoma but is not a poor prognosis factor in human AML
Forristal, C. E., Brown, A. L., Helwani, F. M., Winkler, I. G., Nowlan, B., Barbier, V., Powell, R. J., Engler, G. A., Diakiw, S. M., Zannettino, A. C. W., Martin, S., Pattabiraman, D., D'Andrea, R. J., Lewis, I. D. and Levesque, J. P. (2015). Hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-2α accelerates disease progression in mouse models of leukemia and lymphoma but is not a poor prognosis factor in human AML. Leukemia, 29 (10), 2075-2085. doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.102
2015
Journal Article
HIF-1α is required for hematopoietic stem cell mobilization and 4-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors enhance mobilization by stabilizing HIF-1α
Forristal, C. E., Nowlan, B., Jacobsen, R. N., Barbier, V., Walkinshaw, G., Walkley, C. R., Winkler, I. G. and Levesque, J. P. (2015). HIF-1α is required for hematopoietic stem cell mobilization and 4-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors enhance mobilization by stabilizing HIF-1α. Leukemia, 29 (6), 1366-1378. doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.8
2015
Conference Publication
Mobilization of CD8(+) Central Memory T-Cells with Enhanced Reconstitution Potential in Mice By a Combination of G-CSF and GMI-1271-Mediated E-Selectin Blockade
Winkler, Ingrid G., Barbier, Valerie, Radford, Kristen J., Davies, Julie M., Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Smith, Theodore A. G., Fogler, William E. and Magnani, John L. (2015). Mobilization of CD8(+) Central Memory T-Cells with Enhanced Reconstitution Potential in Mice By a Combination of G-CSF and GMI-1271-Mediated E-Selectin Blockade. 57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, Orlando, FL United States, 5-8 December 2015. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood.V126.23.512.512
2015
Conference Publication
Autologous Haematopotetic Stem Cell Transplantation Requires Recipient Bm Macrophages
Kaur, Simranpreet, Raggatt, Liza J., Jacobsen, Rebecca, Millard, Susan, Barbier, Valerie, Nowlan, Bianca, Winkler, Ingrid G., MacDonald, Kelli P., Perkins, Andrew C., Hume, David A., Levesque, Jean P. and Pettit, Allison R. (2015). Autologous Haematopotetic Stem Cell Transplantation Requires Recipient Bm Macrophages. 44th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International-Society-for-Experimental-Hematology (ISEH), Kyoto, Japan, 17-19 September 2015. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2015.06.157
2014
Conference Publication
Bacterial liposaccharides block medullary erythropoiesis by depleting F4/80+VCAM1+CD169+ER-HR3+LY-6G+ Erythroid island macrophages in the bone marrow
Jacobsen, Rebecca, Nowlan, Bianca, Barbier, Valerie, Winkler, Ingrid and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2014). Bacterial liposaccharides block medullary erythropoiesis by depleting F4/80+VCAM1+CD169+ER-HR3+LY-6G+ Erythroid island macrophages in the bone marrow. 43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH), Montreal, Canada, 21-24 August 2014. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2014.07.147
2014
Journal Article
Mobilization with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor blocks medullar erythropoiesis by depleting F4/80+VCAM1+CD169+ER-HR3+Ly6G+ erythroid island macrophages in the mouse
Jacobsen, Rebecca N., Forristal, Catherine E., Raggatt, Liza J., Nowlan, Bianca, Barbier, Valerie, Kaur, Simranpreet, van Rooijen, Nico, Winkler, Ingrid G., Pettit, Allison R. and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2014). Mobilization with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor blocks medullar erythropoiesis by depleting F4/80+VCAM1+CD169+ER-HR3+Ly6G+ erythroid island macrophages in the mouse. Experimental Hematology, 42 (7), 547-561. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2014.03.009
2014
Journal Article
Interaction of c-Myb with p300 is required for the induction of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by human AML oncogenes
Pattabiraman, Diwakar R., McGirr, Crystal, Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Barbier, Valerie, Krishnan, Keerthana, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Hawthorne, Paula, Trezise, Ann, Ding, Jianmin, Grimmond, Sean M., Papathanasiou, Peter, Alexander, Warren S., Perkins, Andrew C., Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Winkler, Ingrid G. and Gonda, Thomas J. (2014). Interaction of c-Myb with p300 is required for the induction of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by human AML oncogenes. Blood, 123 (17), 2682-2690. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-02-413187
2014
Conference Publication
Vascular Niche E-Selectin Protects Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Stem Cells from Chemotherapy
Winkler, Ingrid G., Barbier, Valerie, Pattabiraman, Diwakar R., Gonda, Thomas J., Magnani, John L. and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2014). Vascular Niche E-Selectin Protects Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Stem Cells from Chemotherapy. 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, San Francisco CA, United States, 6-9 December 2014. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood.V124.21.620.620
2014
Conference Publication
Mobilisation of Reconstituting HSC Is Boosted By Synergy Between G-CSF and E-Selectin Antagonist GMI-1271
Winkler, Ingrid G., Barbier, Valerie, Perkins, Andrew C., Magnani, John L. and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2014). Mobilisation of Reconstituting HSC Is Boosted By Synergy Between G-CSF and E-Selectin Antagonist GMI-1271. 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, San Francisco, CA United States, 6-9 December 2014. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology.
2013
Conference Publication
Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)-2 alpha Enhances Proliferation Of Malignant Hematopoietic Cells In The Hypoxic Malignant Bone Marrow
Forristal, Catherine E., Helwani, Falak, Martin, Sally, Nowlan, Bianca, Winkler, Ingrid G., Zannettino, Andrew and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2013). Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)-2 alpha Enhances Proliferation Of Malignant Hematopoietic Cells In The Hypoxic Malignant Bone Marrow. 55th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology, New Orleans, LA, United States, 7-10 December 2013. Washington, DC, United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood.V122.21.2895.2895
2013
Conference Publication
Administration Of E-Selectin Antagonist GMI-1271 Improves Survival After High-Dose Chemotherapy By Alleviating Mucositis and Accelerating Neutrophil Recovery
Winkler, Ingrid G., Barbier, Valerie, Nutt, Heather L., Hasnain, Sumaira Z., Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Magnani, John L. and McGuckin, Michael A. (2013). Administration Of E-Selectin Antagonist GMI-1271 Improves Survival After High-Dose Chemotherapy By Alleviating Mucositis and Accelerating Neutrophil Recovery. 55th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology, New Orleans La, Dec 07-10, 2013. WASHINGTON: AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY.
2013
Conference Publication
Pharmacological stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) enhances hematopoietic stem cell mobilization in response to G-CSF and plerixafor
Forristal, Catherine, Nowlan, B., Barbier, Valerie, Winkler, Ingrid, Walkinshaw, Gail and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2013). Pharmacological stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) enhances hematopoietic stem cell mobilization in response to G-CSF and plerixafor. 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Experimental Hematology and Stem Cells (ISEH), Vienna, Austria, 22-25 August 2013. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2013.05.284
2013
Journal Article
A novel mouse model of veno-occlusive disease provides strategies to prevent thioguanine-induced hepatic toxicity
Oancea, Iulia, Png, Chin Wen, Das, Indrajit, Lourie, Rohan, Winkler, Ingrid G., Eri, Rajaraman, Subramaniam, Nathan, Jinnah, H. A., McWhinney, Brett C., Levesque, Jean-Pierre, McGuckin, Michael A., Duley, John A. and Florin, Timothy H. J. (2013). A novel mouse model of veno-occlusive disease provides strategies to prevent thioguanine-induced hepatic toxicity. Gut, 62 (4), 594-605. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302274
2013
Journal Article
Nichotherapy for stem cells: there goes the neighborhood
Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Winkler, Ingrid G. and Rasko, John E. J. (2013). Nichotherapy for stem cells: there goes the neighborhood. BioEssays, 35 (3), 183-190. doi: 10.1002/bies.201200111
2013
Journal Article
B-lymphopoiesis is stopped by mobilizing doses of G-CSF and is rescued by overexpression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl2
Winkler, Ingrid G., Bendall, Linda J., Forristal, Catherine E., Helwani, Falak, Nowlan, Bianca, Barbier, Valerie, Shen, Yi, Cisterne, Adam, Sedger, Lisa M. and Levesque, Jean-Pierre (2013). B-lymphopoiesis is stopped by mobilizing doses of G-CSF and is rescued by overexpression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl2. Haematologica, 98 (3), 325-333. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.069260
Funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding pain mechanisms in the path towards target-specific analgesic agent design
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hana Starobova, Professor Irina Vetter
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Doctor Philosophy
Reducing long-term side-effects of chemotherapy in cancer survivors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hana Starobova, Professor Irina Vetter
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Immune cell regulation by the microenvironment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Kristen Radford, Dr Hana Starobova
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The role of bone marrow niches in the regulation of normal and malignant haematopoietic stem cells
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jean-Pierre Levesque
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The role of prostaglandin I2 in haematopoietic stem cell in the bone marrow niche
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jean-Pierre Levesque
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding heterotopic ossification after spinal cord injury
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jean-Pierre Levesque
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Unravelling the response and functional role of microglia in different inflammatory conditions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Marc Ruitenberg, Professor Jana Vukovic
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Establishing Humanized Mouse Models to Evaluate Immunotherapy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Kristen Radford
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Macrophages in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Progression and Sensitivity to Chemotherapy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jean-Pierre Levesque
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Role of Bone Marrow Macrophages in Regulating Haematopoiesis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jean-Pierre Levesque
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) in Haematopoiesis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jean-Pierre Levesque
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